Chelsea Manning
Human Rights Watch conducts regular, systematic investigations of human rights abuses around the world. (They are actively researching, reporting, and advocating for change in more than 90 countries.). Over this last weekend, Human Rights Watch sent a letter to President...Read more
From the Ron Paul Institute Website: Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich sent a letter this week to President Barack Obama requesting that Obama “grant the application for clemency submitted by Chelsea Manning and commute her sentence to time served.” The...Read more
HugsForChelsea.com Yesterday, a #HugsForChelsea campaign emerged… To participate, just write “#HugsForChelsea” on a piece of paper and take a picture with it, and share it, with a #HugsForChelsea hashtag You an also spread this easy to remember URL: http://tinyurl.com/hugsforchelsea Get...Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 11, 2016 Contact: Evan Greer, 978-852-6457, press@fightforthefuture.org Chelsea Manning reportedly on President Obama’s “short list” for Commutation Hundreds of thousands of petition signers, dozens of LGBTQ and human rights organizations have condemned U.S. government’s treatment of...Read more
Only 12 days left until January 20th. Thanks for spreading the word. President Obama, in his recent essay for the Harvard Law Review, says “I believe strongly that solitary confinement is overused and can be counterproductive.” Amnesty International, the ACLU,...Read more
In a legal essay that President Obama has written for the Harvard Law Review, he declares that solitary confinement “is overused and counterproductive.” The President’s Role in Advancing Criminal Justice Reform “I believe strongly that solitary confinement is overused and...Read more
Chelsea is not currently in solitary confinement. She was recently given a week of solitary confinement as punishment for a suicide attempt. Since her arrest in May of 2010, Chelsea has spent more than 11 months in solitary confinement. The...Read more
The clock is ticking. Only 17 days left till January 20th. Amnesty International UK has created made it easy to email President Obama and ask him to give Chelsea time served. Amnesty International also wrote a blog post of support...Read more
Amnesty International UK has created this handy form for sending email to the White House. Obama: Free Chelsea Manning now President Obama has just weeks left to free Chelsea Manning before he leaves office. Chelsea’s mental health has...Read more
Happy New Year Everyone =) To recap the events of this past month: Chelsea’s petition asking President Obama to give her time served reached over 100,000 signatures (and did so four days before its deadline). The ACLU published a blog...Read more